Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-17
Some of the Extremes of Fashion Seen in New York Avenues.
 tJaoC Cava

From the Savannah News
 I doubt if women ever dressed with more theatrical splendor in the streets than they do to-day. The latest fad-the girdle-adds greatly to the spectacular aspect which our
 women present in public. There seems to
 be no end to the scope, weight. noise, width
 and intricacies of the iron chains which are
 now in vogue. It takes wonderfully trim
 and well-lined figure to bear girdle grace
 fully. I was struck with this to-day as
 numbered ponderously along behind two
 moro or less expensively attired women who
 stepped from their carriage for little stroll
 along Fifth avenue. One was tall, dark,
 with broad shoulders, big hips and a thick waist. Her skirt trailed on the ground on one side and was about four inches shy on the other. She walked with knock-kneed and toggle- -jointed action that lacked all the elegance of grace or poetic motion, and chewed gum with the sincere and earnest ex- l pression of a woman who has made up her | mind that she is not pretty and is content to let it go at that. Around her waist was a silver and iron girdle that probably cost two or three hundred dollars. It looked like an OK cl1ain on a twisted oak. One side Jagged down further than the other, and as the sun played in and out of it's links it seemed a grOL6SQu6 ana uQWl6lOy Ln1Qg TOT 8 woman to lug along Fifth avenue.
 Beside the dark woman walked an exqui-
 sitely formed little blonde, whose hair was
 coiled up, showing the whitest neck in the
 world, and whose arms hung easily by her
 side. She carried a dainty parasol in one
 we'll gloved fist and big white rose in the other. Her sloping and perfectly rounded shoulders led into waist that was small and beautifully formed. The curves of her fig ure would have delighted a painter, and she moved with the most graceful and catching swing imaginable. I do not think I ever saw more perfect figure, and it was accen-
 tuated by girdle that hugged her snug | waist with degree of affection that seemed entirely warranted. The girdle was four inches wide. There was pendant at the side, attached to which was 8 silver vinai- grette, small basked mirror, a tiny fan, a
 button hook, glove buttoner, a pencil,
 latch key, dogs whistle small note book
 with silver covers, tiny lorgnette, a pen
 holder case, chain purse, g little card case. miniature riding whip and ten other trim kets, all of which were attached to the gir- dle by little silver chains. There were seven or eight small bells among them, and they chimed away musically as the girl swung along. The parasol, though folded, was of some peculiar material q have no doubt that all women are thoroughly familiar with it), which caught the rays of the sun in a most peculiar fashion, and turned from an opal tint te bright pink in different spots every half minute. The handle was gold and very brightly polished. I observed that the tip was also of gold and fashioned after the same manner as the handle. She wore a
 beaded jacket that fitted very snugly about
 her plump figure, but which was extended
 about the arms to ba1loon-liKe proportions. Her hat was mass of brilliancy as to color ing, and the skirt of her dress was as bright a scarlet as I have ever seen. The boots | -,,1,s H. fo14
 overgaiters, and altogether she was as pie l turesquely attired as queen of opera bouffe. | Yet she attracted no attention on Fifth av- I enue.